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Rename Agent Host Panel Title "Chat"

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Description

Type: Feature Request

Agent Host Chat panel title "Chat" is too generic.
I'll admit, I'd rather not see AI Chat. How about Agents?

VS Code version: Code 1.134.0 (110a328ea54b42367b803ec53ee0bf52ef26b419, 2026-08-18T18:24:44Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200
Modes:

System Info

|Item|Value|
|---|---|
|CPUs|12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12800H (20 x 2803)|
|GPU Status|2d_canvas: enabled
GPU0: VENDOR= 0x8086, DEVICE=0x46a6 [Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics], DRIVER_VENDOR=Intel, DRIVER_VERSION=32.0.101.7085 *ACTIVE*
GPU1: VENDOR= 0x10de, DEVICE=0x25ba [NVIDIA RTX A2000 8GB Laptop GPU], DRIVER_VERSION=32.0.15.9672
GPU2: VENDOR= 0x1414, DEVICE=0x008c [Microsoft Basic Render Driver], DRIVER_VERSION=10.0.26100.8875
Machine model name:
Machine model version:
direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok
gpu_compositing: enabled
multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on
opengl: enabled_on
rasterization: enabled
raw_draw: disabled_off_ok
skia_graphite: disabled_off
trees_in_viz: disabled_off
video_decode: enabled
video_encode: enabled
webgl: enabled
webgpu: enabled
webnn: disabled_off|
|Load (avg)|undefined|
|Memory (System)|31.68GB (15.15GB free)|
|Process Argv|--crash-reporter-id 524a6913-4eac-42ec-97cf-5fe5a0737682|
|Screen Reader|no|
|VM|0%|
Extensions (8)

Name|Identifier|Author|Version
---|---|---|---
Continue - open-source AI code agent|continue.continue|Continue|2.0.0
Python Debugger|ms-python.debugpy|ms-python|2026.6.0
Python|ms-python.python|ms-python|2026.4.0
Pylance|ms-python.vscode-pylance|ms-python|2026.3.1
Python Environments|ms-python.vscode-python-envs|ms-python|1.36.0
PowerShell|ms-vscode.powershell|ms-vscode|2025.4.0
Ollama|ollama.ollama|Ollama|0.0.8
YAML|redhat.vscode-yaml|redhat|1.24.0

A/B Experiments

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capico_a_098a3278:31555650
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chat:31457767
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cp_cls_t_1082:31535311
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ha629193:31508444
a1ije391_t:31540920
jbcp_cls_pctr_t:31531130
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cp_intellij_t_nes:31548657
gf14b233:31526830
ahp-both-windows:31556933
sessions_5:31532894
ihg5j128:31534457
f412h606:31551416
7g2b5551:31542111
nes-ex-cf-euporie-03:31542868
enable_editor_pane_layout:31569726
allow-none:31555437
6i51c363:31551401
ac562147:31564510
c7c27ce7:31554789
1h923230:31564177
0dg73464:31554319
treatment-23-1:31555779
unuse_dynamic_mcp:31555281
0d8dfbc3:31570291
0c1h4866:31566224
session-archive:31558132
5b8j3302:31564601
mangle-name-treatment:31570928
permission_prompt_control:1332567
ccr_pr_nudge_adoption:1319471
vsc_wsm_t:1340632

```

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